Hey Cabbie!

Racial issues will be America’s downfall! She has to come to grips with the issue and lean toward equality, by showing it, expressing it, and by all means demonstrating it to the people. Concrete short- and long-term goals and solutions are an absolute must, not lip service, and not the giveaway programs after the 1968 riots that were obliterated within 10 years.

Some days it can be quite difficult figuring out where and what to eat. I eat relatively healthy and from clean eateries. This is a problem in some sections of the city. Lunch is kept to a maximum of $10.

My fare’s destination was the Delta terminal at BWI. As we arrived and my passenger’s luggage was being retrieved from the trunk, a lady who appeared to be desperately in need of transportation approached the cab. She needed to get to the Russian Consulate in Washington, D.C. in 30 minutes, which is highly impossible!

I recently attended my 50th high school reunion, the first I ever attended. It was a blast! We took out Douglass High School’s 1963 yearbook to look back on our younger selves. “My God, how drastically we’ve changed,” I thought as we all looked at each other and laughed. “Hey, but we’re here!” someone said.

Some did extremely well for themselves while others, like me, survived modestly.

You would not believe the percentage of cab rides that are subsidized by the government. Some people in this city are actually penniless. Some become that way less than a week after exhausting their monthly check. Either way, the have nots are quite prevalent in Baltimore.